Death and redemption the Gulag and the shaping of Soviet society / Steven A. Barnes.

Author/creator Barnes, Steven Anthony
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionx, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subjects
Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU--History.
GULag NKVD--History.
Concentration camps--Soviet Union. --History.
Concentration camps--Social aspects. --Soviet Union. --History.
Prisons--Soviet Union. --History.
Prisons--Social aspects. --Soviet Union. --History.
Political prisoners--Soviet Union. --Social conditions.
Prisoners--Soviet Union. --Social conditions.
Forced labor--Social aspects. --Soviet Union. --History.
Soviet Union--Social conditions.

Contents The origins, functions, and institutions of the Gulag -- Reclaiming the margins and the marginal : Gulag practices in Karaganda's 1930s -- Categorizing prisoners : the identities of the Gulag -- Armageddon and Gulag : 1939-1945 -- A new circle of hell : the postwar Gulag and the rise of the special camps -- The crash of the Gulag : releases and uprisings in the post-Stalin era.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [329]-339) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010047824
ISBN9780691151083 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780691151120 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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